Boy scalded 'from top to bottom by coffee' when a baby in Dublin hotel settles for €48,500

Mr Justice Paul Coffey said the scalding was of a very serious and alarming nature and he said the parents must have been hugely traumatised as well

Daniel Jack Dugan had through his mother Lynsey Willis (pictured) sued Kingsoak Taverns Ltd with offices at Morrisons Island, Cork city and trading as the Clarion Hotel as a result of the accident at the Clarion Hotel, Liffey Valley, Dublin. Picture: Collins Courts

A six-year-old boy who, when he was a baby claims he was scalded after he pulled a coffee pot on a hotel table on top of himself, has settled a High Court action for €48,500.

Daniel Jack Dugan from Northern Ireland was on a mini break with his family staying at the Clarion Hotel, Liffey Valley, Dublin when the accident happened in July 2016.